Radcliffe-On-Trent
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The Hornbuckle Family
On my grandmother's side, the Hornbuckle family dates back to this Church and this town from the early 1500's. So if you see any headstone's in the local cemetary saying HORNBUCKLE, "GAULTER OR WALTER", they are related to me.
He actually left his money to the Church for needed repairs and for something called MILN Brig....if anyone knows what that is.
A memory of Cropwell Butler contributed by Susan Shaw
CHILDHOOD MEMORIES 1939-1945.
My Dad, Sid Brooks was the rural village police constable (P.c.200) for Cropwell Butler, Cropwell Bishop and Tythby We, Mum (Dorothy) and my younger brother Mick lived in the Police House on Radcliffe Road, There was an old fashioned stem type phone connected to the manual exchange. Dad’s means of transport for work was a sit up and beg style Raleigh pedal cycle. See also 'Police House 1939-1946).
In the centre of the village, behind the green the kids spent many hours watching Mr Harrison at work,in his forge making horse shoes or wrought iron items and shoeing horses.
Nearby was Cheetham’s Bakery, Cheetham who delivered bread with a horse and ...read more here
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Police House 1939-45.
The Police House was located on Radcliffe Road, Cropwell Butler. (now called 'The Old Police House'). On the front wall it bore a sign bearing the words 'County Police'. From 1939 to 1945 it was occupied by the Village Constable, P.c.200 Sidney Brooks, his wife Dorothy and sons Peter, born 1936 (the writer, now living in OZ) and Michael, born 1939 (now living at Whatton). There was an old fashioned stem type phone connected to the manual exchange. I think the number was Radcliffe 139. To operate, it was necessary to turn a handle on a box and await a response from the operator. The system was powered by a wet cell battery. Sid's means of transport for work was a ...read more here
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Mine and my Mum Avril's memories
My memories relate to the year 1977 when I arrived in Cropwell Bishop to stay with my Great Uncle Wilf and his wife Dorothy fresh from New Zealand. They lived at the old Post Office in the village of Cropwell Bishop. My Grandmother was Wilf's older sister Ethel May Johnson (nee Walker). I was instantly wrapped with the village and felt as though I had been there before. I and my siblings have grown up with all the stories and photo's of Cropwell so it felt like second nature to me.
I used to walk Uncle Wilf's dog Jilly all around the village and surrounding villages during that summer and came to know just about every nook and cranny. I remember ...read more here
A memory of Cropwell Bishop contributed by Brenda Bowden
Extracts From Radcliffe-On-Trent & Nottinghamshire books
St Mary’s Church, just
visible amongst the trees,
was rebuilt with a tower
after the steeple fell off the
original building in 1792.
Its corresponding Church
Centre has been established
comparatively recently in
the long building, across the
road, beyond the parked
Austin A35 motor car. The
shops still exist but all have
changed their functions.
An extract from from"Down the Trent Photographic Memories".
From suburban West
Bridgford we move east
along the A52 to Radcliffe,
its village centre some 300
yards south of the River
Trent. The village grew
in the 19th century, and
this is its predominant
architectural character,
with 20th-century suburbs
and estates to the south
and east. The post office is
now a funeral director’s. In
the distance is the church
of 1879, and in front of it
is St Mary’s Church Centre
of 1876, now with modern
flats between it and the
baker’s with the Hovis
sign (centre).
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Living Memories".
East of the village, the Shelford Road climbs on to the red sandstone hills, which are
undercut by the River Trent to form river cliffs. The Trent Valley Way long-distance footpath
runs through the cliff-top woods for over a mile. Leaving the path we can descend to the
foot of the cliffs to this weir, and leaving the woods, walk back to the village along the river
bank. This view is now somewhat obscured by a steel mesh security fence. The roaring
waters of the weir are by-passed by Stoke Lock, out of view to the right.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Living Memories".
The low two-storeyed rendered building on the left in the
middle distance is the 16th-century, timber-framed Saracen’s
Head. Here, in May 1646, Charles I spent his last night
of freedom. Tactfully, the pub changed its name from the
King’s Head to the Saracen’s Head soon after Charles was beheaded.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".
The low two-storeyed rendered building on the left in the
middle distance is the 16th-century, timber-framed Saracen’s
Head. Here, in May 1646, Charles I spent his last night
of freedom. Tactfully, the pub changed its name from the
King’s Head to the Saracen’s Head soon after Charles was beheaded.
An extract from from"Nottinghamshire Pocket Album".